Not much is known about the people who will fire the rifles. Prison officials said they have "completed all required training." ...

Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution protocol hasn't been released to the public. "It relates to the most solemn … government ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

Brad Sigmon is set to be killed by a firing squad in South Carolina following his conviction 24 years ago for brutally ...

South Carolina is set to execute a man by firing squad, a method unused in the US for nearly 15 years. The article reviews ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...

Arizona voters are a step closer to being asked to decide if inmates sentenced to death are executed by the current lethal ...

People have faced the cruel penalty of having a wall toppled on them for 'moral' crimes, in accordance with the government's ...

Attorneys argued that nitrogen gas executions are "cruel and unusual punishment," noting that veterinarians have banned them for euthanizing animals.

Attorneys for Brad Sigmon, the next S.C. death row inmate, raised concerns in a Feb. 26 court filing over the autopsy report ...

The latest lawsuit, filed in Louisiana's Middle District Court, says the state has refused to release the execution protocol ...